diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ed525f617..8286df527 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: nanonext
 Title: NNG (Nanomsg Next Gen) Lightweight Messaging Library
-Version: 1.7.0.9000
+Version: 1.7.0.9001
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Charlie", "Gao", , "charlie.gao@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-0750-061X")),
diff --git a/src/aio.c b/src/aio.c
index 6d8d603e0..ab98f4956 100644
--- a/src/aio.c
+++ b/src/aio.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static void raio_complete_interrupt(void *arg) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     UserBreak = 1;
 #else
-    R_interrupts_pending = 1;
     kill(getpid(), SIGINT);
 #endif
   }
diff --git a/src/nanonext.h b/src/nanonext.h
index 9548ac642..9327278c3 100644
--- a/src/nanonext.h
+++ b/src/nanonext.h
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ typedef struct nano_handle_s {
 #if defined(NANONEXT_SIGNALS)
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <Rembedded.h>
-#else
-extern int R_interrupts_pending;
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/sync.c b/src/sync.c
index 7c5fdab50..5ac0f7842 100644
--- a/src/sync.c
+++ b/src/sync.c
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ void pipe_cb_signal(nng_pipe p, nng_pipe_ev ev, void *arg) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     raise(sig);
 #else
-    if (sig == SIGINT)
-      R_interrupts_pending = 1;
     kill(getpid(), sig);
 #endif